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A federal judge has ruled that a Baltimore company wrongfully denied employment to more than 2,000 African-American employees who applied for its management trainee program. The judge determined that the company practiced a form of discrimination called "disparate impact" -- when neutral hiring policies affect a particular group -- and ordered the company to pay $6.6 million in back wages and benefits.
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How HR responds to memorable situations in an employee's life -- the first day of work or a birth, for example -- can affect the employee's opinion of the company, says Aaron McEwan of Gartner. "When we identify the moments that matter to employees, we have clear next steps for HR to take action on to improve the employee experience," McEwan says.
A hospital in Cornwall, N.Y., is offering employees the opportunity to convert their unused paid time off to student-loan payments. The benefit, capped at $5,000, is available to full- and part-time nonunion employees, and the hospital hopes to expand the initiative to unionized employees.
Organizations should embrace a diverse and inclusive culture as the default, rather than assuming that a "monoculture" is the better cultural and financial fit, says Didier Elzinga, CEO of Culture Amp. Being successful at diversity and inclusion is a matter of "better than where you are now" rather than applying some template or formula for instant success, he says.
